BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio
prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Hon. Charles A. Bowersox.
Volume II - Illustrated
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York
1920

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Leroy M. Gordon

LEROY M. GORDON, D. C. - Each calling or profession, if honorable, has its place in human existence, constituting a part of the plan whereby life's methods are pursued and man reaches his ultimate destiny.  Emerson said that "All are needed by each one."  And that is as true in one avenue of life's activities as in another.  However, the importance of a business or profession is in a very large measure determined by its beneficience or usefulness.  So dependent is man upon his fellow man that the worth of each individual is largely reckoned by what he has done for humanity.  There is no class to whom greater gratitude is due than to those sympathetic, noble-minded men whose life work has been the alleviation of suffering that rests upon humanity, thus lengthening the span of human existence.  There is no no known standard by which their beneficent influence can be measured; their helpfulness is as broad as the universe and their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature that come from the very source of life itself.      Leroy M. Gordon, of Montpelier, one of the best known and most successful chiropractors in northwestern Ohio, is a native of Williams County, having been born at Pioneer on Oct. 1, 1884, and is the son of Augustine N. and Eva (Siddall) Gordon, both of whom were natives of the state of Michigan.  These parents, after their marriage, came to Williams County and located first in Pioneer, where the father followed the vocation of teaching, being successful and popular in that profession.  He and his wife now reside at Bristol, Indiana.  Mrs. Gordon is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They became the parents of three children, two of whom are now living, the subject of this sketch, and Gale A. a railroad man living at Elkhart, Indiana.      Leroy M. Gordon was about six years of age when the family moved to Indiana and he received his education in the public schools of Elkhart, graduating from the high school.  His first employment was as a drug clerk at Elkhart and he later engaged in the furniture business there.  Then for about two years he was employed as a locomotive fireman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, and at the end of that period he took up the life work for which he had planned.  He entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic, at Davenport, Iowa, known as "The fountain head of chiropractic," where he had planned.  He entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic, at Davenport, Iowa, known as "the fountain head of Chiropractic," where he completed the full course, graduating in 1907 with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic.  He first located for the practice of his profession in Oregon, where he remained about four years, at the end of which time he returned to Williams County and located at Montpelier, where he has remained until the present time.  He has met with most pronounced success and has built up  representative and lucrative patronage, covering a wide range of surrounding country.      Doctor Gordon was married to Ella J. Sage, and they are the parents of two children, Beatrice and Edwin L.  Politically, the doctor is an earnest supporter of the democratic party.  He is a member of the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knight of the Maccabees and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Personally, Doctor Gordon is genial and approachable, has a host of warm and loyal personal friends, and is held in the highest esteem throughout the community. Source:  A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio - Vol. II - Illustrated - Publ. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago - New York - 1920 - Page 182

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